In June 1986 archaeologists of Tel Aviv University announced discovery of two small silver amulets These two silver scrolls were found in 1979 deep inside a burial cave at a site known as Ketef Hinnom, west of the old city of Jerusalem

Buddhism is a great religion in some respects,but to confuse Buddhism with Vedanta is without meaning; anyone may mark just the difference that exists between Christianity and the Salvation Army There are great and good points in Buddhism,but these great points fell into hands which were not able to keep them safe

In all these cases where hymns were written about all these gods, the Being perceived was one and the same; it was the perceiver who made the difference It was the hymnist,the sage, the poet,who sang in different languages and different words, the praise of one and the same Being

Before going into all these speculations of the ancient Vedic sages, we will first refer to one or two very curious instances in the Vedas The peculiar fact -- that these gods are taken up, as it were, one after the other,raised and sublimated,till each has assumed the proportions of the infinite Personal God of the Universe -- calls for an explanation

So we can multiply examples about the other gods; they all come,one after the other, to share the same fate -- they first begin as gods, and then they are raised to this conception as the Being in whom the whole universe exists, who sees every heart, who is the ruler of the universe And in the case of Varuna, there is another idea,just the germ of one idea which came,but was immediately suppressed by the Aryan mind, and that was the idea of fear

But the popular idea that strikes one as making the mythologies of the Samhitas entirely different from the other mythologies is, that along with every one of these gods is the idea of an infinity This infinite is abstracted,and sometimes described as Aditya

What concerns us most is the religious thought -- on soul and God and all that appertains to religion We will take the Samhitas

Every time a parent visits their son in jail they are relying on Faith to keep their child safe from harm By relying on Faith to carry us through the difficult times of our life, we are placing our life in the hands of God

The lives of the twelve Apostles as well as those of Paul and James provide clear evidence they were convinced Jesus really returned from the dead, but perhaps they were deceived They believed it to be true, but had they been fooled

My sins, my sorrows, my actions, good and evil, I will offer unto Thee; do Thou take them and I will never forget" One moment I say, "Thy will be done," and the next moment something comes to try me and I spring up in a rage

I am the universal; stand upon that and ever worship the highest through the highest form, for God is Spirit and should be worshipped in spirit and in truth Through lower forms of worship, man's material thoughts rise to spiritual worship and the Universal Infinite One is at last worshipped in and through the spirit

The man who is groping through sin, through misery, the man who is choosing the path through hells, will reach it, but it will take time We cannot save him

Freedom breathes in the throb of the universe Unless there is unity at the universal heart, we cannot understand variety

The whole of nature is worship of God Wherever there is life, there is this search for freedom and that freedom is the same as God

For those you who are interested in the gift of prophecy and the prophets that our Lord is raising up in this day and age, here is a list of some of the best books on this topic The gift of prophecy can be manifested by the Holy Spirit through any believer at any time, and understanding what this gift is all about may help increase your chances of having this gift be manifested through you by the Lord

All four gospel writers unanimously agree that Joseph of Arimathea claimed the body of Jesus after His death Here is the account of Luke 23:50-56 (see also Matthew 27:57-61, Mark 15:42-47 and John 19:38-42): “Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action

After the miraculous conception of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph had other children as well The gospels report that Jesus had at least four brothers and some sisters: “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son

At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus chose twelve disciples, who later served as His apostles As history and tradition teaches us, likely all but one, John, died a violent death as martyrs for their faith

“This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in Him” (John 2:11)

Paul, the great apostle who founded churches throughout Asia and Europe, whose missionary spirit fills the book of Acts, and who wrote much of the New Testament was initially a fanatic Christian killer Known originally as Saul of Tarsus, Paul is introduced in the New Testament at the stoning of Stephen (Acts 8:1), one of seven Hellenistic deacons, around 34 AD, only about twelve months after the resurrection